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Photo by Gashead
Photographed: Etosha National Park, Namibia

Falco rupicoloides

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Angola
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• F. r. fieldi:

• Ethiopia and Somalia

• F. r. arthuri:

• Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania

• F. r. rupicoloides:

• Acacia steppes of southern Africa

[edit] Habitat

Photo by Mybs
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, September 2005

Dry areas ranging from open grassland and arid savanna to desert.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links